Warsaw, Poland Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

Warsaw has two enduring points of definition: the Wisla River, running south to north across the Mazovian plains, and the Moscow–Berlin road, stretching across this terrain – and through the city – east to west. Such a location, and four hundred years of capital status, have ensured a history writ large with occupations and uprisings, intrigues and heroism. Warsaw's sufferings, its near-total obliteration in World War II and subsequent resurrection from the ashes, has lodged the city in the national consciousness and explains why an often ugly city is held in such affection. In the latest … more »